Check the forward differences of the sequence.
If
, then let
be the sequence of first-order differences of
. That is, for n ≥ 1,

so that
.
Let
be the sequence of differences of
,

and we see that this is a constant sequence,
. In other words,
is an arithmetic sequence with common difference between terms of 2. That is,

and we can solve for
in terms of
:



and so on down to

We solve for
in the same way.

Then



and so on down to


Answer:
c
Step-by-step explanation:
When it says to estimate, I always think of doing it by hand to show work. So set it up like this:
96
<u>x 34</u>
So follow it out multiplying across 4*6 and 4*9 carrying over as needed to get it to look like this:
96
<u>x 34</u>
384
Do the same for the 3 to get this:
96
<u>x 34</u>
384
2880
Add 384+2880=3264
Your final answer is 3,264